Long before arriving in Guatemala, we had decided to go on the famous hike up the Acatenango volcano. The inactive Acatenango offers the perfect viewing platform for the active twin volcano Fuego, which erupts very regularly and frequently. Just below the summit of Acatenango, countless tour operators have set up their basecamp and guide several hundreds to thousands of tourists there each day. As we had almost all the equipment we needed ourselves, and guided hikes aren’t really our thing anyway, we decided to do the hike on our own…
